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Periskopi(7 years ago)
(7 years ago)Coober Pedy is at the center of Australia's mining industry. Now, 60% of residents live underground, and the city is becoming a place of stable life. The Australian town of Coober Pedy is very hot, and is usually covered with a thin veil of red dust from the mines in which it becomes [...]
Coober Pedy is at the center of Australia's mining industry.
Now, 60% of residents live underground, and the city is becoming a place of stable life.
The Australian city of Coober Pedy is very hot, and it is usually covered with a thin veil of red dust from mines in which opal extraction is made.
But, as the BBC writes, instead of moving into a cooler climate, residents have created an underground community in old mines, creating everything: From houses dug up to churches. Today, about 60% of the 3,500 inhabitants of Coober Pedy live underground.
Recently, however, the underground city has called attention to another reason: its hybrid energy project.
As a result of the use of sunny weather and the renewable era of Coober Pedy generates 70% of the energy needed for the entire city.
In this country temperatures can reach up to 53 ° C during the summer.
At the centre of the Olympics mining industry for decades, Coober Pedy is now drawing new residents for his self-finance capacity, the periscopi conveys.
